New England was built upon the coast. Its fate will depend upon how well we adapt to a future that can no longer be ignored. How rising seas are changing the New England coastline.
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The array of Acadia National Park camping options allows you to pitch a tent and sleep among the trees, near the ocean, or close to mountain trails.
On the edge of the quiet side of Acadia National Park sits Winter Harbor — a fishing village with perhaps the best ocean-view housing deals in New England.
Lucas St. Clair’s mission was nearly impossible: to win support for Maine’s biggest swath of national park land despite controversy around its benefactor— who also happens to be his mother.
Yankee Classic: November 1984 Press play to hear how the story happened. THEY PRESSED CLOSE in the cab of the truck, canoes lashed on top, jostling over logging roads, stirring great clouds of dust beneath a high summer sun. “I was just thinking,” said the old guide. “I first came down this river with my father. I […]
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New England Foliage Without the Crowds
Leave the car and your fellow leaf-peepers behind at these quintessential (and quiet) New England autumn destinations.
New England
New England Foliage Without the Crowds
Leave the car and your fellow leaf-peepers behind at these quintessential (and quiet) New England autumn destinations.
Food Editor Amy Traverso undertakes an epic road trip up the Maine coast to sample nearly two dozen rolls and crown a lobster roll champion.
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The Great Lobster Roll Adventure
Where’s the best place to get a lobster roll in New England? How do we rank our favorite lobster rolls? Follow along on our Great Lobster Roll Adventure.
Food editor Amy Traverso searches out delicious dining in our new WGBH television series, Weekends with Yankee. Plus four featured recipes.
What do Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park have to offer? Shops, dining, and outdoor activities that make this a Maine destination that’s worth the trip.
Mount Desert Island is like a New England All Star team: Mountains and coastline, woodlands and lakes compactly converge on this 108-sq-mile destination.